30 minutes into the movie: When will it begin to get good? Intermission: Should I leave? No, maybe the second half will have something redeeming 1.5 hours into the movie: When is the redeeming part coming? As credits rolled while another forgettable song played on the screen: Who are the people that made this such…

Two people, wedded in and to unhappiness, bringing a child into the world to deal with their unhappiness, can commit no act that is more selfish or reckless. While we continue to destroy the planet, and bring more and more children on to earth without regard to the repercussions of our actions and inaction regarding…

I came across this book thanks to a quote in it that I chanced upon while reading for my thesis: “Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them.” I liked the quote and looked up the author. I…

I’m grateful, today and everyday, for the breathtaking power of books. I’m grateful for the magic that words weave, for the dizziness of being swept away, and for the suspension in so many realms of existence one after the other, even if ephemerally, that books make possible while one is still moored to reality. I’m…

It’s easily one of the finest books out there on happiness (I have read my fair share, trust me), and also a really well written neuroscience book. There’s a lot of learning and unlearning that needs to take place when it comes to happiness; though everyone wants to be happy, paradoxically we keep engaging in…

In continuation of my efforts to tie up loose ends, I finally finished this glorious book I had begun reading a few months ago. This isn’t a book one can just put down and come back to, without having totally forgotten everything one had read the last time, unless of course one is a physicist!…

I have postponed writing this review for a long time. Firstly it took me about a couple of months to read the book, and another month to get started on writing a review for it. I blame the book for this; it’s simply too awe inspiring. I still have no clue how to review a…

Yet another book that was very promising but didn’t turn out to be very useful. It’s not a bad book; I should have researched the title a bit before committing myself to the book. Firstly it’s written for companies, not individuals. In my quest for increasing my productivity and wrapping up my thesis while still…

Reading this book reminded me of the reason I usually don’t go for relatively unknown books/authors. It was delightful in parts, but overall made for a monumental waste of my Saturday. The following lines in the description of the book had made me pick it up yesterday: “Nina Redmond is a literary matchmaker. Pairing a…

Birthday, Teachers’ Day and the official end of summer/monsoon, so much to look forward to in September! September has always been kind, and as I step on to the most important September of my life so far, I hope I am showered with grace and kindness by the universe. I have deserved it with the…